# DLl PARAMETER **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143 "2008-02-13T17:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Breeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Breeze](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Breeze)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/1 "2008-02-13T17:01:36Z")
HI, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT IS DL AND AD PARAMETERS WITH ONE EXAMPLE. I HAVE ONE SAMPLE PROGRAM. INPUT (AD=M) #U1 #U2 (DL=20) PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT DL AND AD=M MEANS… ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/2 "2008-02-13T18:11:23Z")
Pls take a look here: [http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/input1.htm#fisanchor0](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/input1.htm#fisanchor0) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/3 "2008-02-13T22:11:52Z")
If you are attending a class, you should ask your instructor. If you are not attending a class, but actually involved in writing or modifying Natural code, you shouldn’t be. AD is an absolutely basic Natural parameter; you cannot work with online Natural code unless you understand this parameter (not just the AD=M, but the other values as well). (DL, since it pertains only to DL1 is not quite so basic). steve ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/4 "2008-02-13T22:15:08Z")
If you are attending a class, you should ask your instructor. If you are not attending a class, but actually involved in writing or modifying Natural code, you shouldn’t be. AD is an absolutely basic Natural parameter; you cannot work with online Natural code unless you understand this parameter (not just the AD=M, but the other values as well). (DL, since it pertains only to DL1 is not quite so basic). steve ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/5 "2008-02-13T22:29:25Z")
Sorry; fanned on that one myself. thought you had an abbreviation for dlisize,( which would have been illegal there anyway); follow the link from Mogens to see that this is an override for output of a variable. (formats a and u). ---
**Author:** ![Breeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Breeze](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Breeze)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/6 "2008-02-14T10:15:34Z")
> [@Steve Robinson](#): > > Sorry; fanned on that one myself. thought you had an abbreviation for dlisize,( which would have been illegal there anyway); follow the link from Mogens to see that this is an override for output of a variable. (formats a and u). Thanks robinson. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/dll-parameter/76143/7 "2021-04-02T14:49:08Z")